Forged licence lands woman in court Swindon Advertiser
18.08.11
A KENYAN motorist who produced a fake Italian driving licence at Gablecross Police Station was reprimanded at Swindon Magistrates’ Court.
Ruth Ngugi, 36, who fled her country some years earlier, said she acquired the forged licence because she feared she would not be able to pass the UK driving test.
Nick Barr, prosecuting on Wednesday, said a police officer was in County Road, Broadgreen , on January 31, 2011 at about 2.30pm when he saw a Nissan Almera
heading down Broad Street.
He did not like the appearance of the car, so he stopped it. When asked to produce a driving licence, Ngugi claimed she had an Italian licence although she was Kenyan.
The officer asked her to present the licence at the police station, which she did the next day.
But the police officer on duty believed it was not valid and was in fact fake, said Mr Barr. The police checked the licence with the DVLA, which confirmed his suspicions.
In a police interview, Ngugi said when she arrived in the UK she had a genuine Kenyan driving licence but feared she would not be able to pass the UK test.
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